-halber
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Suffix[edit]
-halber
- Creates adverbs that give a reason or purpose.
- Deutlichkeit (“clarity”) + -halber → deutlichkeitshalber (“for clarity”)
Usage notes[edit]
- The noun tends to take a linking -s before the suffix.
- Per se, this suffix has unlimited productivity in contemporary German, meaning that such adverbs can be formed from any noun defining a quality. However, some of these formations would not be considered standard usage.
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Further reading[edit]
- “-halber” in Duden online